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by Ralph Sat Feb 13, 2010 1:58 am
This scam email is designed to have its recipients believe they have a large lottery winning that they can have if only they will provide some documents and fees before recieving the winnings.

The problem is that the winnings do not exist, only fees.

There are several signs that show this as a scam, just some of them include;
The 4470 phone number
The email apparently from a Rogers.com email address
The need to reply to a person using a free email domain
The ref number coming up in numerous searches involving other scams

From: GALA BINGO <[email protected]>
Sent:
Subject: You Won Lotto Prize!!!!!! ( See details in File)


Attachment;
Free Gala Bingo E-MAIL Promo
The Square Redford
Nottingham shire
DN22 6DB United Kingdom.
Tel: +(44)702-4083-694
Fax :+(44)701-0364-397


Ref: GACSL/988/05

Attention: Sir/Madam,

Over the years the prestigious GALA BINGO draw has set out and successfully organized sweepstakes On
annual basis. We have equally maintained a standard unrivaled in the industry as it concerns the pay
out of winnings to successful participants.


Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which enjoy
our patronage.The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalized email
addresses to ticket numbers on the 20th January 2010.

Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to Ticket Number 3895209 won you 890,000.00 Pounds
(Eight Hundred and ninety Thousand Great British Pounds) as one of the 3 jackpot winners in this draw.

To file for your claim,You are to send your details as demanded below to your clearance officer

FULL NAMES AND SURNAME,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

CONTACT ADDRESS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

PERMANENT ADDRESS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

AGE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

OCCUPATION,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

NATIONALITY,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

CONTACT CELL NUMBER,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

The name of your clearance officer is Mr David Henry,Do send your verification details to him as stated below:

Clearance Agent: David Henry
Email:[email protected]
Tel:++(44)7014-220-521

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of Gala Bingo

Yours Sincerely,
Miss Rose Wills.
Customer Support
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by Gala Coral PR Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:34 pm
Hi Ralph,

Many thanks for highlighting this. As I work for Gala Bingo, I just wanted to reiterate and assure customers that this email has not come from us.

Our website address is www.galabingo.com and we already have the personal details of our players on file so would not need to request them again. Additionally, any winnings would be automatically paid into a customer’s galabingo.com balance and could be verified by looking at their statement.

If any of our customers ever have any queries, the best thing to do is contact our Customer Services on 0800 294 7 294, who will be able to confirm any winnings for them.

With best wishes,
Lesley Hall
by Ralph Mon Feb 15, 2010 3:45 pm
Hi Lesley.

Thank you for the information on your real contact details and how you would contact your winners.

Well done :=)
by Arnold Mon Feb 15, 2010 3:56 pm
We never doubted it. We're used to scammers impersonating genuine businesses.

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